Hero-Myths & Legends of the British RaceEbbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel)
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Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race
Ebbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel)
Heroes; Romances, English
FRIAR TUCK. See Tuck
G
GALERIUS. Constantine evades hatred of, 63;
grants Constantine title of "Cæsar," 63
GAMELYN. Tale of, a variant of fairy-tale "Wicked Elder Brothers,"
204;
ultimate source, through Lodge's "Euphues' Golden Legacy," of
_As You Like It_, 204;
literary ancestor of "Robin Hood," 204;
Sir John of the Marshes, father of, 205;
left in charge of eldest brother, John, 206;
resists him, 207, 208;
victorious at wrestling match, 210, 211;
overcomes his brother's servants, 212;
allows himself to be chained, 213;
released by Adam Spencer, 214, 215;
batters the Churchmen, 217;
puts his brother John in chains, 217;
puts sheriff's men to flight, 218;
goes to the greenwood, 219;
joins the outlaws, 220;
proclaimed a wolf's-head, 220;
arrested, 221;
Otho offers himself as surety, 221;
fails to appear at court, 222, 223;
releases Otho, 223;
sits on judge's seat and condemns Sir John, 224;
made chief forester by King Edward, 224;
made Otho's heir, 224
GANELON. Romance version of Danilo or Nanilo, 121;
compared with Judas, 121;
one of Charlemagne's Twelve Peers, 125;
his hostility to Roland, 126;
plots with Blancandrin the destruction of Roland, 131;
delivers to Marsile the message of Charlemagne, 131, 132;
swears on sacred relics the treacherous death of Roland, 134;
delivers keys of Saragossa to Charlemagne, 134;
deceives Charlemagne concerning sound of Roland's horn, 145, 146;
arrested for treason, 146;
his death as a traitor, 155;
his name a byword in France for treachery, 155
GARETH, SIR. One of King Arthur's nephews, 266
GASCONS. Attack Charlemagne, 119
GAUTIER, COUNT. Roland's vassal, 136
GAWAYNE, SIR. King Arthur's nephew, the true Knight of Courtesy, 265;
learns of King Arthur's adventure with the giant, 274;
learns the price to be paid for the loathly lady's secret, 275;
offers to pay it by marrying the loathly lady, 275;
betroths the loathly lady, 279, 280;
weds the loathly lady, 280;
his choice frees the loathly lady from magic spells, 281, 283;
the beauty of his bride, 281-285
GEATISH COURT. Beowulf brought up at, 6
GEATLAND. Same as Götaland; news of Grendel's ravages reaches, 6;
Beowulf sails to, 29;
welcomed to shores of, 29, 30
GEATS. Hygelac, King of, 1;
Götaland, realm of, 5;
arrival with Beowulf at Danish shores, 7;
friendship with Danes, 30;
forsake Beowulf in his encounter with the fire-dragon, 36;
their sorrow over Beowulf's death, 40-41
GERIER. Peer of Charlemagne; mortally wounded, 143
GERIN. Peer of Charlemagne; mortally wounded, 143
GERMANY. Forefathers who dwelt in North, 1;
Hygelac seeks conquest of his neighbours on mainland of, 5
GHENT. See Gilbert
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